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Re:Caesarean babies have different gut bacteria, microbiome ... by tomp on Thursday September 19, 2019 @07:49AM (#21015312)
Another thing you might never have thought about, but might be real (subject of recent and ongoing research): women incorporating DNA from men's sperm into their bodies. Search "microchimerism" with "sperm", e.g. [1]. (There's probably more instances of "sharing DNA from close encounters", but this one is particularly easy to research simply by checking for Y chromosome in women's bodies.)

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27623703

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Re:Caesarean babies have different gut bacteria, microbiome ... by irrational on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:12AM (#21015801)
That's interesting. This is totally off the wall, but I've noticed that many long time couples start to look like each other. I've assumed it was from environmental factors, but what if there was some biological basis as well? Crazy to think about.
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Re:Caesarean babies have different gut bacteria, microbiome ... by eatbitseveryday on Thursday September 19, 2019 @01:46PM (#21018646)
> I've noticed that many long time couples start to look like each other.

Even if they're not from the same ethnic group?

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